Opticks

One of the most readable of all the great classics of physical science,Optickscomprises a comprehensive survey of 18th-century knowledge of light, describing Newton's own experiments with spectroscopy, colors, lenses, reflection, refraction, and more, in language lay readers can easily follow. Foreword by Albert Einstein.

Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1726) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His 1687 monograph, Philosophia Naturalis Principia, lays the foundations for most of classical mechanics.

Preface by I. Bernard Cohen
Foreword by Albert Einstein
Introduction by Sir Edmund Whittaker
Analytical Table of Contents of the OPTICKS prepared by Duane H. D. Roller
Sir Isaac Newton's Advertisements
Book One of the OPTICKS
Book Two of the OPTICKS
Book Three of the OPTICKS
Queries 1-31

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